I played high school baseball, and had a few bites and offers of college scholarships. But a blown out knee during my high school senior season ended any chance of a scholarship going my way. If I had went ahead and had knee surgery, I possibly would have still gotten a scholarship. But I was hard headed and wanted to help my high school team win the state championship, so I bandaged the thing up for the rest of the year and finished out the season even though my average took a huge hit due to the injury. I still think about that decision today, but I would not go back and change it as those last 2 months of my senior season in baseball were absolutely great. During college, I tried to get back in shape enough to give the baseball team a try once again, but my knee just could not handle the pressure, so I finally had to give up my dream.